Re: <nettime> FW: [news] Fight against Internet file-swapping calledhopeless

[oliver frommel <oliver@firstfloor.org>]

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Michael Gurstein wrote:

> ...
> 
> FIGHT AGAINST INTERNET FILE-SWAPPING CALLED HOPELESS
> Four Microsoft researchers (speaking only for themselves) have told an ACM
> workshop that the attempt to stop people from using digital file-swapping
>
> ... 

you can find the paper here:
http://crypto.stanford.edu/DRM2002/prog.html
("The darknet and the future of content distribution")

on a related issue there's a short article on cnn about the seizure of 
u.s. navy campus computers under suspicion of "file swapping".
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/11/25/music.navy.reut/index.html

oliver


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